Electrical appliance.



C. H. BISSELL & E. 6. SMITH. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. ISII. 1,265,294.. Patented May 7,1918.

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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE.

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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE.

Ofltlnal application filled August 7, 1814, Serial No. 855,546, Patent No. 1,227,241. Divided and this application and na -4, am.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Cam. H. BIBSELL and Ema SMITH citizens of the United States, and residents of Syracuse, in the county, of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new 'and useful Electrical Appliance, of which the following is a specification.

his invention has for its object an electrical appliance particularly adapted for storage atter chargingstations in railroad terminals an coach yards; and it consists in the novel combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is' had the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views. 2 Figures land 2 are sectional views, partly elevation, of this. appliance, an extension 1g. 1, and omitted in ig. 3 is a plan view of the appliance, the

up er section of the housing being removed. appliance comprises a receptacle, a support therefor, and a. housing including an upper section and two lower sections or bases upon which the support for the receptacle and the upper section of the housing are interchan ea 1y mounted, one of the lower sections avin a cap piece associated therewith, which is interchangeably mounton the other base section of the housing.

1 and 2 are receptacles or sockets mounted upon a su port, as a late 3, diagonally opsite ea other an with their entrances in opposite directions, each devices 4, 5 at their to elctricwires, mounted on the rear-ends for connection the bindin devices bein I 7 terminal races 6, I of e sockets and the evices of each socket being located at the side of the other socket.

here shown, the plate 8 is square and e rear ends of the receptacles or sockets overlap each other as seen in Fig. 3. The late 3 is also "formed with suitable insuiii'ted wire 0 enings 8 located in the rear of the receptac es 1, 2 nearly beneath the binding devi the wire openings communicating with t e base or ower section of the I housing upon which the plate 3 is mounted.

Specification or Letters Patent.

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Each receptacle is connected to the plate 3 in any suitable manner, as by screw bolts 9.

10 IS the main base or lower section of the housing, and 11 is a supplemental or extenbase or lower section upon which the plate 3 may be interchangeably mounted. is the upper section of the housing which is interchangeably mountable upon either the bases 10 or 11. a

The main base 10 is a conduit outlet box having internally threaded nipples 13 forconduits, an openconnection with electrical an upwardly exmg 14 :ltJiS upper side,

flange 15 skirting the opening, and face 16 around the flange. The extension iiase or lower section of the housing is carried at the upper end of a pipe or conduit 17, the lower end of which is connected toa cap piece 18 interchangeably mountable wit the up er section 12 of the housing on tlie.open sidh of the base 10. The pipe 17 at its opposite ends into internally nipples 19, 20 provided on the base tending a bearm 11 and he extension base 11 is formed with an opening M's-kitted by a flange 15. which ange is surrounded by a bearing face' 16, all sunilar to the opening, flange and bcaring face 14, 15, 16 of the main base 10. The plate or support 3 may be secured to either of. the bases 10, 11 by screws 21 exh-ndin through openings in the plate 3 and thrca ing into lugs 21" or 21" in the base 10 or 11, the plate 3 resting upon the edge of the e 15 or; 1'5L o e upper section of the housing which is interchangeably mountable upon either'of the bases 10, 11, is formed with a flange 22 complemental to e bearing face 16 or 16' screws 23 extending through threaded openings in the flange and int e bearin a gasket 24 being usually interpos between the flange and the bearin face. The cap iece 18 is also formed wita bearing face 5 complements] to the bearing face 16;

The section 12 of the housing is formed with a wall 26 which skirts the sides of the receptacles 1, 2 and which is provided with e flange 22 at its lower margin, this wall 26 havin openings 27 alined with the entranoe's o the receptacles or sockets 1,2.

. 28 are spring pressed hinged covers for the openings 27, said covers being hinged to leaves 29 pro'ecting upwardly from the wall 26 and top 0 the section 12, the hinge leaves 29 being shaped to house the springs 30 surrounding the hinge ins.

31 is a plug movab e into either one of the sockets l, 2, and 32 are eyebolts hinged to the section 12 and movable into open-ended slots or notches 33 provided in In 34 on opposite sides of each plug 31' an 35 are wing nuts screwing on the eyeholts against the lugs 34 for holding the plug 31 from withdrawal. The eyebolts are mounted on pins 36 which are supported by lugs 37, 38 projecting from the wall 26 of the housing section 12.

In use, the base section 10 may be mounted upon the surface of the ground, and in such case the supporting plate 3 for the receptacles 1, 2 and the u per section 12 of the housing are mounte directly upon the base 12, as seen in Fi 2. But in case of underground wirin t e base 10 is located below the surface 0 the ground, the cap piece 18 mounted thereon and the-supporting plate 3 for the sockets 1, 2 and the upper section 12 of the casing are mounted upon the extension'base 11, carried at the upper end of the pipe 17, the lower end of which is mounted in the cap piece 18. Hence, the housing section 12 and the socket or receptacle supporting plate 3, by means of our invention, can be used interchangeably for surface wirf or for underground wiring. Y

11 use, the ap lianoe is mounted at one side of a car trac or between double tracks,

' as will be understood by those skilled in the art, nude 111 ,-a wireeor 10 31 is attached to :one 'end of e other end of which is attached to a plug which fits a socket on the car, which socket is connected to the storage battery.

1 in that owing to This invention is particularly advantathe arrangement of e, receptacles or sockets 1, 2, and other wire connections a particularly com act apance is provided, and further in t atowing to the fact that the support for the receptacles and the up or section of the housmg are interchanges ly mountable upon two bases, the appliance is readily adapted for surface or underground wirm a 1 sockets 1, 2 and The arrangement of the cont guous arts on the base plate and the cover 12 wit the doors thereon for-opening and closing the sockets, forms the subjectmatter ofoura'pplicatiom-Sr. No. 855,546, filed August 7, 1914, matured into Patent No. 1,227,241,May 22, 1917, of which this is a ilivislon. 4

What we claim is:

1. An electrical appliance comprising an electrical receptacle, a support therefor, and a housing including an upper section and two lower sections or bases upon which the support and the upper section are interchangeably mountable, and a cap piece connected to one of the lower sections or bases, which cap iece is interchangeably mountable witht e upper section on the other base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An electrical appliance comprising an electrical recs tacle, a support therefor, and a housing inc uding an upper section, and two lower sections or bases, each base having an opening in one side and a bearing face around the o ening, and the sup ort being interchangea 1y mountable on e 0 en si e of either base, and the upper section having a circumferential bearing face complcmental to the bearin face of either base, substantially as and or the purpose described. c a

3. An electrical: appliance comprising an electrical receptacle, a support therefor, and a housing including an upper section and two lower sections or bases, eachbasc having an opening in one side and a bearing face around the openin'g,,and the support being interchangeably mountable on the open side of either base, and the upper section having a circumferentialbearing face complemental to the bearing face of either base anda cap. piece connected to one of the lower 880121011301 bases, the ca piece having a bearin 1face complements to the bearing-face 0 tially as andfor the urpose specified.

4. An electrical app 'ance comprising an electrical receptacle, as'upport therefor, and a housing. inclu main base and an extension ase, the supthe other base, substamion ding an .up or section, a

port and the upper section .being interchangeably mountable with ,the" extension base on the main base, and the support and the upper section bei'n mountable on.either the extension base or; e main base, substantially as and for the P11123056 set forth.

. In testimony whereo we have hereunto .si ed our names at Syracuse in thecounty o Ononda and State of 27th day 0 April, 1917..

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